Murder mysteries and police procedural dramas are some of the best and most popular TV series, and in many cases, the reason for the show's popularity lies in the main TV detective leading the series.

There is little question that Sherlock Holmes is the most well-known detective of all time. The creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes is a self-professed "consulting detective" who is best known ...

British author Arthur Conan Doyle may not have known this at the time, but when he created the character Sherlock Holmes for his 1887 detective novel A Study in Scarlet, he created one of the most ...